Information Research Department
- Information Research Department
The Information Research Department, founded in 1948 by Christopher Mayhew MP, was a department of the British Foreign Office set up to counter Russian propaganda and infiltration, particularly amongst the western labour movement. Its first head was Ralph Murray, later a diplomat.
John Rennie, who subsequently served as head of MI6, was head of the department between 1953 and 1958.
The department was closed down by then Foreign Secretary, David Owen, in 1977. The last head of the IRD was Ray Whitney, later a Conservative member of parliament and junior minister.
External links
* [http://www.cambridgeclarion.org/e/fo_deceit_unit_graun_27jan1978.html Death of the department that never was] from "The Guardian", January 27, 1978
* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3724/is_199704/ai_n8760491 Ups and downs of a maverick] , book review from "The Spectator"
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